Greece: Desperation in Moria 2.0, End of Housing Programmes, Continued Pushbacks, and Criminalisation of Solidarity
A suicide attempt by a pregnant woman and children with thoughts of suicide illustrates the desperation in the Moria 2.0 camp in Kara Tepe. The closure of the ‘Filoxenia’ program providing temporary accommodation to asylum seekers means the eviction of up to almost...
Greece: Authorities Deny Problems in Moria 2.0 Amid Record Winter, Disregard Pushbacks as Fake News, and Continue to Violate Safe-guards of Vulnerable Asylum Seekers
With Greece facing a record winter and contrary to first-hand accounts, Secretary General of reception of Asylum Seekers, Manos Logothetis and Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis report no problems in Moria 2.0. Despite mounting and conclusive evidence,...
Greece: Growing Local Tensions and Hostility Towards Asylum Seekers and Refugees as Government Continues to Implement Permanent Camp Solutions
Protests by local residents on Chios against the establishment of a new closed camp on the island continue. Citizens of Orestiada in the Evros border region in northwestern Greece received the migration minister Notis Mitarakis with protests over government plans to...